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Editor's Note: Life and Death

05.17.2012 DISCOVER's look at the complexity of organ harvesting may have been unsettling, but telling the truth is our #1 job.

by Corey S. Powell

Editor's Note: The Good Surprise

Not only will the world not end this year, it will bring more progress and technological advance. 04.24.2012

Science at the Abstract Edge

Was Einstein wrong? Do humans have ESP? Some of the most interesting research questions are far off the beaten track. 04.05.2012

Here is an honest look at the progression of science: provocative early results, long-sought confirmations, and many steps in the iterative process of testing theory against observation and vice versa. 02.20.2012

The Sure Thing

Don't believe the deniers—science is a resolute enemy of erroneous conventional wisdom. 02.01.2012

Editor's Note: Changing Minds

Science presents us with a beautiful  paradox: uncertainty as the optimal path toward certainty. 12.04.2011

Science Wıth a  Common Touch

There’s an old joke: if you tell someone the universe is expanding, he’ll believe you. If you tell him there’s wet paint on the park bench, he’ll want to touch it to make sure... 10.19.2011

Editor's Note: Dream a Little Dream

Don't sell your species short; we can do some pretty impressive things. 09.16.2011

The Science of Wonder

Better humanity through discovery 09.02.2011